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Banks are ``arrogant and exploitative'' - O Caolain (Free article)
12 April 2001
The decision of the Bank of Ireland to refuse to cash pay cheques unless the customer has an account in the branch has been described in the Dail as ``arrogant and exploitative'' by Sinn Fein's Caoimhghín O Caolain.
The right to say No (Free article)
12 April 2001
One of the very first provisions of the Nice Treaty includes proposals for taking decisions by majority voting, or what is called in EU speak a ``qualified majority''. The selling point' of this idea, if indeed that's the right term, is that there will be no simple majorities of 50% plus one. In the provisions of the Nice Treaty it proposes that…
O Caolain urges pay rise for furniture workers (Free article)
12 April 2001
Workers in the furniture industry in the North East and Border region have been balloting since 2 April on industrial action in the wake of their union's rejection of a Labour Court recommendation which fell short of their claim for parity with basic rates in the construction industry.
Cuban solidarity groups meet (Free article)
12 April 2001
On Saturday and Sunday 7 and 8 April, Cuban solidarity groups from across Northern Europe met in Dublin. Once a year, these organisations assemble in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Britain or Ireland to co-ordinate their work, exchange experiences and to plan for the year ahead. The primary aim of these annual conferences is to organise working brigades…
The death of Colum Marks (Free article)
12 April 2001
No medical assistance was given. No ambulance was called. No one alerted the hospital that a seriously injured man was on his way. The hospital was just a minutes drive away but it was at least 30 minutes before the injured man arrived.
State sponsored murder (Free article)
12 April 2001
The UN Special Rapporteur tasked with protecting the rights of lawyers has called for an independent public inquiry in the killings of Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson as the only way of establishing the truth about the deaths of the two prominent human rights lawyers.
Back issue: POLITICAL RECOGNITION (Free article)
12 April 2001
THE thousands of votes cast on Thursday for Hunger Striker Bobby Sands by the nationalist people of Fermanagh/South Tyrone constitute invaluable political recognition for the cause of the h-Block blanket men and Armagh women in their fight for political prisoner status, whatever the final outcome of the by-election contest.
An Post delivers racist leaflets (Free article)
12 April 2001
Semi-state company An Post has been delivering, door to door, Immigration Control Platform (ICP) leaflets in several areas of Dublin City. The ICP is a group which promotes anti-refugee policies and calls for an end to the internationally recognised rights of those who face persecution to seek sanctuary here in Ireland.
Foot and ball (Free article)
12 April 2001
Just when we thought it was safe to disband our Men's Crochet Pattern Groups and return to sanity and the hallowed sward of Jones's Road, Mary Harney had to put her foot in it.
Acquittal exposes Diplock system (Free article)
12 April 2001
The acquittal of former prisoner Gerard Magee on Friday 6 April opens the way for former prisoners convicted in non-jury Diplock courts to have their convictions similarly overturned.
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